Good Will Hunting 1997
The origin, and the Damon friendship the whole arc hangs on.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Interview
Ben Affleck and Life After Batman in 2020; Plus: Bill Simmons on 'The Invisible Man'
March 3, 2020/ 70 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda walk Ben Affleck's whole filmography the week The Way Back opens, then Bill Simmons drops by to take The Invisible Man's ending apart.
46 films across 2 segments.
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Ben Affleck and Life After Batmanthe meta-commentary career, movie by movie
Armageddon 1998
Sean defends it to the death; famously drunk on the DVD commentary.
Shakespeare in Love 1998
He plays Ned Alleyn, and he's actually good in it.
200 Cigarettes 1999
Forces of Nature 1999
Dogma 1999
Boiler Room 2000
Reindeer Games 2000
Frankenheimer, a young Charlize Theron, and still not good.
Bounce 2000
The Gwyneth Paltrow one; a charter member of the unwatchables.
Pearl Harbor 2001
Daddy and Them 2001
Changing Lanes 2002
The Sum of All Fears 2002
His turn as Jack Ryan.
The Third Wheel 2002
Daredevil 2003
Where he met Jennifer Garner.
Gigli 2003
The Bennifer flashpoint.
Paycheck 2003
Jersey Girl 2004
Surviving Christmas 2004
Elektra 2005
The Garner vehicle neither of them can recommend.
Hollywoodland 2006
He plays George Reeves; the start of the self-aware rebuild.
Man About Town 2006
Clerks II 2006
Gone Baby Gone 2007
His directing debut, a Dennis Lehane adaptation, with brother Casey.
The Town 2010
A Rewatchables favorite; he hands the movie to Jeremy Renner.
Argo 2012
The comeback crest, and the shirtless mirror scene they read as the ego coming back.
To the Wonder 2013
The Malick drama nobody saw; the first washed-and-coping document.
Runner Runner 2013
Disowned by its own screenwriters; he's the heavy Justin Timberlake needs a deal with.
Gone Girl 2014
Fincher quietly making a movie about the celebrity of Ben Affleck.
The Accountant 2016
High-functioning-autist CPA who guns down criminals; a sneaky cable hit.
Live by Night 2016
His fourth film as director, and the swing that didn't connect.
Triple Frontier 2019
Hot dad gear and Metallica; they both love it, everyone else calls them morons.
The Way Back 2020
Alcoholic basketball coach, one-to-one with his own reckoning; originally titled The Has-Been.
The Last Thing He Wanted 2020
The Dee Rees / Anne Hathaway Netflix film that seems hacked to bits.
Deep Water 2022
Adrian Lyne's erotic-thriller comeback, with Ana de Armas.
The Last Duel 2021
Ridley Scott; reunites him with Damon; the platinum wig.
The Batman 2022
The Matt Reeves version he was set to direct, now Robert Pattinson's.
Bill Simmons on 'The Invisible Man'full-spoiler autopsy of the ending
Bill Simmons on
The Invisible Man 2020
The Leigh Whannell remake of the 1933 original. Simmons: high-level for three-quarters, then the wheels come off, and it lifts Gone Girl's frame trick.
Bill Simmons on
Halloween 1978
Jamie Lee Curtis drops the knife; the original moron-lead we forgive.
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